Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s declaration placing the whole island of Mindanao under a “state of calamity” and the recent Supreme Court decision allowing GMA to appoint the next Chief Justice are but only two among the many measures that prepare the stage for the US-Arroyo regime’s continued hold on power.

National Democratic Front of the PhilippinesEastern VisayasMarso 18, 2010

The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today dismissed theallegations of atrocities committed by the New People's Army inNorthern Samar as psywar inventions of the 8th Infantry Division. “Theso-called “Oplan Kahos-Zombie” in Mondragon and the beheading of acivilian in Lope de Vega, as well as selling out “permits to campaign”or “permits to win” in the election, are all lurid psywar inventionsby the 8th ID,” said Fr. Santiago Salas, NDF-EV spokesperson.

The military propaganda about the so-called NPA "child combatant" captured by 57th IB-AFP soldiers under the 6th Infantry Division-AFP, and turned over to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in North Cotabato do not speak about AFP adherence to child welfare but only shows how desperate Civil Military Operatives of the AFP are.

The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today called on the people to bring the Arroyo regime to account for worsening the drought crisis of the El Niño phenomenon and to fight for other burning issues. "The Arroyo regime is downplaying the effect of El Niño in the region by saying it will only be moderate here," said Fr. Santiago Salas, NDF-EV spokesperson.

And now the truth: Not one of the 13 residents of Brgy. Diwalwal, Monkayo who were forcibly nabbed, manhandled, maliciously slapped with criminal charges and detained for a week are members of the New People's Army. They are plain civilians trying to eke out a living in Diwalwal.